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MACHBNE FOR WRAPPING AND LABELlNG PACKAGE S.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 672,286, dated April 16, 1901.

Application filed October 2'7, 1899. Serial No. 734,955- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, FRANK M. PETERS and HENRY H. HUNGERFORD, of Chicago, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Wrapping and Labeling Packages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for wrapping and labeling packages, it being prima- IO rily intended for use in placing around a package such as is set forth in Letters Patent No. 621,974, granted to Frank M. Peters March 28, 1899, an outer wrapper of paper or like flexible material. The apparatus is also I5 preferably designed for use in the application of seals or labels to such packages, and in the preferred construction its organization is such that the labels serve to maintain or aid in maintaining the outer wrapper in proper position around the package. It will be understood, of course, that while the machine is specially organized for the purpose of Wrapping and labeling packages of the description pointed out it is capable of use in connection with other packages or articles and, in a general sense, is in no way limited in its application to any particular package or article. One object of the invention is to provide an automatic mechanism whereby packages or other articles may be wrapped, or wrapped and labeled, with a minimum of labor and at a rapid rate, thus insuring a reduction in the cost of these operations and in the cost of the package.

A further object of the invention is to provide an apparatus which shall apply the outer wrapper in such a manner that the envelop of the package shall not come into contact with the paste or glue employed, so that the contents of said envelop is not exposed to damage by the moisture which might otherwise penetrate through the envelop thereof.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain novel features which we will 5 now proceed to describe and wild then particularly point out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aside elevation of a machine embodying our invention in oneform. Fig. 2isasiinilar view showing the opposite side of the machine. Fig. 3 is a plan view with parts omitted. Fig.

4 is a sectional view, partly in elevation and on an enlarged scale, of the upper portion of the machine. Fig. 5 is an elevation, partly in section, of the upper portion of the machine, showing the moving parts in a more advanced position than that shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5, showing another and more advanced position of the parts. Fig. 7 is a plan view of a portion of the fold- 6o ing mechanism viewed in the direction of the arrow in Fig.8. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the mechanism shown in Fig. 7, the same being shown in the position it assumes some time after its operative movement has begun. Fig. 9 is aview similar to Fig. 8, showing the position of the parts after the operative movement of the folding mechanism in one direction is completed. Fig. 10 is an end view of the wrapped package before the application of the label thereto. Fig. 11 is a similar view after the application of the label. Fig. 12 is an end elevation of the carton or package, the wrapper being shown in section. Fig. 13 is a plan section of the mechanism t'orguiding and folding the last flaps of the ends of the wrapper. Fig. 14 is a side elevation of the same, showing the parts in the position which they assume before the folding of the last flaps has begun. Fig. 15 is a view similar to Fig. 14, showing the position of the parts as the folding of the last flaps approaches completion. Fig.

16 is asectional view of the structure shown in Fig. 13. Fig. 17 is a plan view, partly in section,of the package-feeding mechanism. Fig. 18 is a vertical sectional view of the same, partly in elevation. Fig. 19 is a plan view of a portion of the rotary carrier and some of its'associated mechanism. Fig. 20 is a detail elevation of the brake mechanism. Fig. 21 is a plan section of the lower portion of the apparatus. Fig. 22 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 22 22 of Fig. 21. Fig. 23 is a detail sectional View taken on the line 23 23 of Fig. 21. Fig. 24E is a detail sectional view 5 taken on the line 2a 24 of Fig. 21. Fig. 25 is a central vertical section illustrating the labeling mechanism, the main portions of the wrapping mechanism being omitted. Fig. 26

is a detail plan view of a portion of Fig. 25. I00 Fig. 27 is a View similar to Fig. 25, illustrating the label-pasting mechanism. Fig. 28 is taining the labels.

a view of a portion of Fig. 25, showing a different position of the parts. Fig. 29 is an enlarged detail plan View of the hopper cone Fig. is a vertical sectional' view of the same. Fig. 31 is an enlarged detail view, partly in vertical section, showing one of the ejectors. Fig. 32 is a plan section of the same mechanism. Fig. 33 is an elevation of the inner face of one of the sides of the frame, showing certain adjunctive devices applying thereto. Fig. 34 is an edge view of a portion of Fig. Fig. is an enlarged detail View showing a modification of the folding-blade and carrier, and Figs. 36 and 37 are respectively a plan view and an elevation showing a modification of the gripping devices.

In the said drawings the main frame, which supports the various mechanisms of which the apparatusis composed, is shown as constructed of two parallel vertical parts 1 and 2, suitably connected. In suitable bearings in this frame is mounted a shaft 3, which is capable of oscillation in said bearings, and on this shaft there is mounted loosely, so as to revolve thereon, a rotary carrier 4, located within the main frame and preferably composed of two parallel wheel-like parts .5 and 6, suitably connected by cross-bars 7 or in any other approved manner. This rotary carrier is provided at its periphery with a plurality of recesses or receptacles 8, open at the sides of the carrier and at the peripheral margin thereof. These receptacles may be formed in any suitable manner, and in the particular construction shown these receptacles are formed by means of rectangular notches in the marginal portions of the wheel-like parts 5 and 6 and transverse radial plates 9 and 10 seated in the notches thus formed. One of the platesas, for instance, the plate 9is a fixed plate, having a right-angle flange 11 at its inner end, which forms a portion of the bottom of the receptacle, and a reversely-arranged right-angle flange 12 at its outer end, which extends across the peripheral portion ofthe carrier and forms a bearing-plate. The other transverse plate 10 is a yielding plate provided with a bottom flange l3, corresponding with the flange 11 of the plate 9, and with a top flange 14, corresponding with the flange 12 0f the plate 9. The yielding plate 10 is provided with slotted lateral lugs 15, through which pass guide-pins 16, and springs 17 are arranged back of said plate, one at each side thereof, so as to permit said plate to yield and at the same time cause it to be moved toward erasc has secured to one of its lateral wheel-like plates a ratchet-wheel 21, with the teeth 22 of which the pawl 19 successively engages, the tooth 23 of said pawl riding upon the periphery of the ratchet-wheel in such a position as to insure this engagement. A vibrating movement is imparted to the arm 18 by means of a connecting-rod or pitman 24, the upper end of which is pivoted to said arm, while its lower end is connected to a crank 25 on a rotating shaft 26, mounted in suitable hearings in the main frame. The shaft 26 is provided with a gear-wheel 27, with which meshes a pinion 28 on the main shaft 29, this latter shaft being provided with a pulley 30, by means of which power is supplied to actuate the machine through the medium of a belt or in any other suitable manner from any convenient source of power.

Located above the rotary carrier is a trough or chute 31, which is adapted to receive the packages to be wrapped and along which they may be fed in any suitable manner. This chute is preferably of a width equal to the length of the packages, and at its discharge end, which is located immediately above the uppermost portion of the rotating carrier 4, there are located vertical ways 32, in which reciprocates a plunger 33. This plunger is preferably a yielding plunger, its lower portion 34, which actually comes into contact with the packages, being in the form of a plate having guide-pins 35, which extend up through apertures in the upper portion 36 of the plunger, springs 37 being interposed between the two parts in the manner shown in detail in Fig. 18 of the drawings. Vertical movement is imparted to the plunger 33 by means of a lever 38, the forward end of which. is connected, by means of a link 39, with the plunger, while its rear end is connected with the upper end of a rod 40. The lower end of the rod 40 is guided by means of a link 41, hung loosely on the shaft 29, and said lower end is provided with a pin 42, which engages a cam-groove 43 in a camwheel 44, secured on the shaft 26. At the lower ends of the ways 32 are located two pivoted supporting-plates 45, one at each side, these plates projecting normally beyond the inner faces of the ways in a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 18, and being held in that position by springs 46. are of such dimensions that when they are in their normal position the distance between their edges is less than the length of the package, which latter is indicated at 47. The upper surfaces of the plates 45 are normally on a level with the upper surface of the floor of the trough or chute 31, so that the packages lying within said chute may be readily introduced below the plunger 33 by simply pressing them so as to cause them to move along the chute toward said plunger. Upon the downward motion of the plunger the plates 45 will yield and permit the package and plunger to pass, the plates having a sufficient The plates 45.

. grip upon the package to prevent its falling by gravity. Below the plates 45 the package passes between guideways 48, carried by the supporting-brackets 49, which support the trough or chute 31 upon the main frame. In order to prevent the package from falling by gravity, these ways may be provided with springs 50 or other suitable means for offering some slight resistance to the descent of the package.

The plunger 33 is provided on that portion thereof adjacent to the end of the chute 31 with upwardly-extending rods 51,which serve to close the discharge end of the chute, and thereby prevent the feeding forward of the packages while the plunger is depressed.

At one side of the rotating carrier 4 and slightly below the top thereof, in the plane of its rotation, is located a table 52, which is adapted to receive the wrappers in which the packages are to be inclosed and from which said wrappers may be readily fed forward to the carrier. Between each of the recesses or receptacles 8 there is located at the periphery of the carrier a transverse supporting-plate 53, forming also a fixed gripping-jaw, and above the rear edge of this plate there is located, near each lateral margin thereof, a movable gripping-jaw 54, carried by an arm 55, extending downward along the inner face of the corresponding side member of the car rier and provided with slots 56, through which guide-pins 57 extend. These movable gripping'jaws are normally depressed by means of springs 58, which bear upon arms 59, the free ends whereof pass between pins 60 on the arms 55. The arms 59 are secured on a transverse rock-shaft 61, upon the projecting end of which, outside of the body of the carrier 4, there is located an arm 62, having a pin 63. Upon the main frame there is secured a fixed cam 64, arranged in the path of the pin 63 and adapted by its contact therewith to rock the shaft 61 and raise the gripping-jaws 54. In order to hold these jaws in their raised position for a brief period, one of the arms 55 is provided with a tooth or projection 65, and there is mounted on the inner face of the carrier adjacent thereto a pivoted pawl or dog 66, adapted to engage said projection with one of its ends. To the other end of said pawl is pivoted one end of a link 67, the opposite end of which is provided with a pin 68, which extends through a slot 69 in the side of the carrier-wheel and has its projecting extremity lying in the path of the end of the pawl 19. A spring acts upon the link 67, and consequently upon the pawl 66, in such manner as to cause the free end of said pawl to tend to engage with the projection 65. A second fixed cam 71 on the main frame is also located in the path of the pins 63 and serves to rock the shaft 61 sufficiently to similarly raise the gripping-jaws 54, but not sufficiently to cause the pawls 66 to engage with the projections 65.

This portion of the mechanism operates in the following manner: As each successive pair of gripping-jaws 53 and 54 approaches the edge of the table 52 the pin 63 comes in contact with the fixed cam 64, and the jaws 54 are raised in the manner shown in detail in Fig. 4 of the drawings. \Vhile the parts are in this position the carrier becomes stationary, and the edge of the wrapper-sheet, which sheet is indicated at 72, is introduced between the jaws in the manner shown in said figure. The jaws 54 are held raised by means of-the pawl 66, so as to permit the introduction of the sheet, and are then released by the coming into contact of the front end of the pawl 19 with the pin 68, which so moves the link 67 as to disengage the pawl 66 from the projection 65 and permit the springs 58 to depress the jaws so as to grip the paper. The carrier then advances until the receptacle 8 comes uppermost, immediately underneath the plunger 33,in which position the movement of the carrier is arrested, and the wrapping-sheet lies across the open mouth of the receptacle 8 in the manner indicated in Fig. 4. At this time the pin 63 comes into contact with the fixed cam 71 and raises the jaws 54 sufficiently to release the wrapper. The plunger 33 then descends, carrying downward with it a package, which it forces into the receptacle 8, at the same time'drawing the wrapper downward into the receptacle and around the bottom and two sides of the package. Preferably the wrapper is of such a length and the gripping-jaws are so arranged relatively to the receptacle 8 that after the package has been pressed into the receptacle the upstanding edges of the wrapper are, as indicated in Fig. 5 of the drawings, of differing lengths, that at the rear being comparatively short and that at the front being comparatively long. It will also be understood that the wrapper is of such a width that its marginal portions project some distance beyond the lateral faces of the carrier 4. As soon as the wrapper is applied to the rotating carrier and its edge clamped thereon paste or glue is applied to said edge by means of the following mechanism: 73 indicates a pastetrough, which in the present instance is shown as supported underneath the chute 31, in which trough there is located a paste-roller 74, which may be driven from any suitable source of motion by means of a pulley on its shaft or axis, or in any other suitable manner. The roller 74 runs in the paste and imparts motion to a second or doffer roller 76, which rests against the roller 75 and is driven therefrom by frictional contact, receiving from its surface a constant supply of paste. 77 indicates a paste-applying roller which is norm-ally in contact with the roller 76, being carried by lugs 78,which are pivoted to arms 79, attached to a rock-shaft 80. Each lug 78 has a projection 81, against which a spring 82 bears in such a manner as to tend to force the roller 77 against the roller 76 and hold the rollers in contact with each other IIO 

